. this is wjztv, wjthd and wjz baltimore. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage, it's wjz, maryland's news station. manslaughter charges. a washington police officer blamed for a baby girl's death. >> reporter: the emotional outburst from the victim's family in court today. hello, everybody, i'm denise koch. a mother and her baby disappear the night before a baa paternity hearing. the man she believes to be the baby's father is believed to have killed them both. >> when the officer was first arrested on friday it was

unclear if he would be linked to the baby's death but tonight we have learned that he is charged with manslaughter regarding the one-year-old. >> a dc police officer charged with the murder of a 20-year- old mother now faces a manslaughter charge for killing a one-year-old girl who may be his own daughter. were discovered in a park thursday night. they were last seen here in baltimore county. prosecutors say 39-year-old richmond left her in the park and left the baby buckled in her car seat sweltering in the heat. >> they got him. i hope he gets the death penalty. i want him to get the death penalty. >> reporter: the victim's family demanded to speak in court. asked for justice and reminded him that told would have been

jay lynn's first birthday. >> i think everybody in this community share this family's pain. >> reporter: the victim and the suspect were supposed to be in court last week for a paternity hearing. the mother and daughter never made it to court. family suspected phillips from the start. >> the night before this case he called her and told her to meet him at the park. >> reporter: he faces first degree murder and manslaughter charges. >> we look forward to progress the case and -- proking the case -- prosecuting the case and seeking justice for this family. >> witnesses say he sat motionless and with no reaction during the hearing. wjz, kelly mcpherson. phillips is married with children and has been with the dc police department for 8

years. fellow lawmakers are calling for an ethics association. weaner says he won't resign. >> a contrite made a stunning confession. >> i haven't told the truth. and i have done things i deeply regret. >> reporter: the congressman admitted elide last week -- he lied last week. he said he meant for it to be a joke. but once it was posted on his twitter account he panicked and took it down. he also admitted it was not the first. the congressman said some of that took place after he was married last july to an aid to secretary of state hillary clinton. his confession after he initially gave a round of

interviews claiming his twitter account was hacked. but one blogger continued to push the story. he showed up at the news conference before weaner did. >> i took those photos to get him to come and say the truth. >> reporter: his troubles may not be over. fancy pelosi is calling for an investigation to see if any other violation of house rules occurred. weaner said he will fully cooperate. >> reporter: he says that he did not use government computers in the transmission of the photographs. the former head of the -- pleads not guilty. he left court with his wife by his side. he returns to house arrest where he has been since he was

released on $6 million bond. angry maids came to protest. kathryn pugh said she wants to be baltimore's next mayor. she announced her candidacy for today saying high taxes and crime are driving people from the city. >> as your next mayor, i will focus on growing our city population. nobody has done it. i'm telling you that by the year 2020 i want to add another 80,000 people to our population. >> reporter: she was one of 6 likely democratic contenders. stephanie rawlings blake will try to keep her position. jody landers, council man karl stokes and frank con a way, and

on the republican side, vickie. an elderly woman is battling painful injuries tonight, mauled by a pit bull in her neighborhood. her he northerly -- emotional message to the owner. >> remains in a medically induced coma after she was attacked while checking her mailbox. the one-year-old dog lives with henry et a. >> i take full responsibility for what happened to this lady because usually my dog is in the house. >> reporter: is he admits the dog did bite the elderly woman in the face. >> reporter: say after the 6 hour jaw reconstruction surgery she is still in icu. she's hooked up to a breathing

machine in a medically induced coma and could be on a feeding tube for 2 or 3 months. >> i feel terrible. i really do. >> reporter: rouser feels so bad she has even written this apology letter to the victim and her family. she had a copy translated in greek. for now the dog is being held. >> the family you might imagine wants to have this dog put down. how do you feel about that? will uconn test that? >> no, to be truthful i love my dog but for her i would not contest it. because i know how she feels, if she would want the dog put down to make her feel better and make her comfortable to come home in her house and neighborhood, i will do that. >> reporter: the city has already issued 3 citations to the dog's owners. meanwhile family members say they are already consulting an

attorney. so far this year animal control has responded to 260 incidents of dogs biting people. you have to pay to drive and the price is going up and that has one group of commuters fighting mad. people who use the bridge get a decal for $5 a year. they gathered today to protest the toll increase. free gas, sometime this summer you could get it just for taking a trip down the ocean. wjz is live and kei jackson explains, ocean city is fighting back with a new tourist incentive. >> it would be nice if you didn't have to pinch pennies while on vacation. ocean city officials would like to help you do that by helping you keep more of what's in your wallet. >> hi, it's rod rodney.

>> reporter: rodney is life guard is front and center again to recruit tourists and if he can't pull it off they hope free gas can do the trick. plans to give away $100,000. >> with the gas situation the way it is and looking to increase our tourism base, i thought this was the perfect set. >> reporter: ocean skee officials are also concerned about plans to raise tolls. the toll is $3. it jumps to $5 in october of this year. marylanders say the higher costly strain budgets and possibly change travel plans. >> i'm not happy about anything doubling in price. with the combination of gas prices and the tolls going up, it will damper our trips. >> reporter: officials say in

recent years tourism has been down. whether it's free gas, discounts or other incentives, city leaders say they feel the urgency to do something. >> i think it's going to be very huge in my opinion. >> reporter: the average price of gas in maryland, 3.77 a gallon. it was 3.98 a month ago. they originally had planned to give away $1 million worth of gas. they had to curb back on that. okay. thank you, kei. the maryland department of transportation says the toll increases are needed to improve the bridge and harbor bay crossings. >> and if you don't have to spend that money you can spend that much money while you're there. up next a pill to stop breast cancer before it starts the break through that could

change the life of a woman you know. a 2000-pound bear loose in a neighborhood. the terrifying confrontation. along i-95 in perryville as the plane involved in the miracle on the hudson arrives in our state. i'll explain next. another heat wave in the works this week. i'm bob turk, i'll have the complete weather forecast coming up next. complete coverage continues with denise koch, vic carter, kei jackson and first warning weather with bob turk and sports with mark viviano. it's wjz, maryland's news it's wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,

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it is 68 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the complete forecast is coming up. police are forced to shoot a wild black bear after it comes charging directly at them. it tore through a enabled neighborhood this morning. when it started growling and charging at people they had to knows but to shoot it. firefighters in northern arizona still battling one of the worst wildfires in history. leaving thousands of homeowners stranded. strong winds and humidity have made it nearly impossible to fight. there may now be a pill that could help prevent breast cancer in some patients and it's already on the market. a new study looks at 4500

people who were past men pause and had prior cancer or history. it's found that taking a pill can reduce the chances of developing cancer by 60%. it has been used successfully to treat women with breast cancer but this is the first time it has shown success in prevents the disease. doctors may be able to get your medical records faster and wherever you are. report that more than a thousand maryland doctors plan to use the electronic medical records. it's hoped the statewide medical records sharing network will be up by 2012. apple ceo steve jobs took a break to reveal the new i-cloud streaming service. it let's you store media and

music on the web. also expected him to unveil a new i-phone today but looks like you will have to wait for that one. the plane from the miracle on the hudson is massing through maryland. reports from cecil county. >> it isn't every day you see a u.s. airways flight headed south on i-95. trucker mike wilson first caught a glimpse on his way to work. >> i've been very lucky to be here to see this going on. >> reporter: in 2009 u.s. airways airbus 8320 struck a flight of birds just after take off from laguardia. the pilot made an emergency landing into the hudson river. all 155 passengers and crew on board survived. now captures the plane on route

to charlotte north carolina, it's original, final destination. >> the crew lives in charlotte, the airplane was destined for charlotte. >> reporter: people lined the route as the plane made its way before arriving here in maryland. >> in cities and towns we get down as low as 5 miles per hour. >> reporter: a crew of photographers document ever move. >> when we were in newark we were getting bad luck because we were holding up traffic. >> reporter: the plane is expected to arrive in charlotte friday. the plane must keep up with the flow of traffic. that's why they stopped here in perryville. it's still unclear whether they will resume tonight or early in the morning. and captain sully cul en

sullenberger will participate in a sold out event. >> it's amazing there are actually rules for transporting airplanes on the interstate. that's a special vehicle for that carriage there. let's take a look at conditions around the region. 68 now, no wind at all, the dewpoint is only 60, humidity obviously comes up at neat. the barometer holding steady. 72 at ocean city now. 68 in cumberland. most places in the 60s. once again the dewpoint 60. tomorrow hopefully the dewpoint stays at 60. once it gets to 65 or higher you are going to really feel the humidity. that's what we expect to happen on wednesday and thursday, hot

and very humid. 68 in columbia. an appear applies is 7 -- annapolis is 72. the average is now 80 and 58 and the record is 99 in 1925 and 46 back in 1997. right now little wind around here. but tomorrow the winds go back to the southwest. a lot of places out in missouri illinois were 90 to 95, some spots 96, 97 degrees and that is headed in our direction. it's possible that -- a little batch of thunderstorms in chicago. it may bring us some thundershowers tomorrow. chances are very slim. we could use the rain, that's for sure. whatever happens it will cool things down just temporarily. but for the most part, very

clear conditions and hot, and the hot and humid weather will move back particularly wednesday and thursday where some spots could get up to 100 degrees. so by thursday night and friday, good chance of some widely scattered showers and thundershowers that will begin to cool things down by the end of the week. tonight, low 60s, maybe some 50s. tomorrow sunny, a few clouds perhaps late in the day near 90 degrees tomorrow. but 97 wednesday and thursday. hot and humid. 94, chance of thunderstorms increase on friday and saturday with a high of only 86, denise. coming up the orioles are in pursuit of a victory against in pursuit of a victory against the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, mark is here with our wjz13 fans sports report. they are selling lots of lemon aid at the park tonight. >> as orioles president believes the blue print for success in baltimore is to build with jung pitchers -- young pitchers and on this night of the draft, one of the top draft picks. he has grown into one of the oriole's best, coming back from a back injury that caused him to miss the first half of the season. he got plenty of support. brad guerrero gets the scoring started. 1-0 bird. all the offense comes early, matt weeder slaps a line drive, matt sweeney can't make the catch. weeder has had 2 hits tonight. in all they got 9 hits, all of

them singles. makes it 4-0 and the pitching holds up to open the series with the as. bud seal ig announces the first draft selection with the 4 4th overall pick the os get another pitcher. dillon bundy has a fast ball clocked at 100 miles per hour, can considered the top young pitcher in the country. sages it's his -- says it's his dream to. the right-hander chosen number one by the pittsburgh pirates. he was picked by the yankees but opted to go to college. three years later he's number one with pittsburgh. released from a new york prison after 2 years on a gun possession charge. greeted there by his agent. he says he's happy to be free.

plans to be ready for the upcoming season. college football. remember southern cal's national title in 2004? well, you can forget it because it's being wiped from the record books because of reggie bush whose family received improper benefits while he played. will now give back the crystal trophy. he has given back his heisman trophy from that year. retroactive punishment, it never happened. how much would you pay for a lunch date with a billionaire? >> you wouldn't believe how much some are willin,,,,

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